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Army has killed 500 militants in North Sinai operations: Egypt's military spy chief
[AlAhram] Egypt's chief of military intelligence says the Moslem Brüderbund allied itself with the Islamic State Lion of Islam group since a popular uprising toppled former president Mohammed Morsi in July 2013.Egypt's Chief of Military Intelligence Mohammed Farag El-Shahat said that the Egyptian army has killed nearly 500 forces of Evil in Sinai in military operations launched under the name "the martyr's right' since 2015.
Militant attacks have left hundreds of police and army personnel dead.
The Egyptian military commander affirmed that the banned Moslem Brüderbund organization formed an alliance with the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... Lion of Islam group based predominantly in North Sinai, a move aimed at putting the Brotherhood back in power. El-Shahat pointed out to a statement made by a Moslem Brüderbund leader in late 2013, in which he said that terrorism in Sinai would stop at the moment president Morsi returns back to power. In late 2013, Egypt designated the Moslem Brüderbund a terrorist organization, after the authorities blamed a number of deadly attacks against security forces in the aftermath of the ouster of Morsi. "Militants attempted to announce an Islamic state in North Sinai's Sheikh Zuweid city after they launched a major attack on 1 July 2015," El-Shahat stated, affirming that army and police in North Sinai foiled this attempt, causing tangible loses among forces of Evil and terrorist groups. The General Command of the Armed Forces also issued its first official statement on battles against Islamist forces of Evil who attacked army posts that day. The statement said that the army killed more than 100 forces of Evil during its counter-attacks in Sheikh Zuweid and Rafah cities, after 17 army personnel including four officers were killed during the fighting and 13 others were maimed in the attacks. The Egyptian military intelligence chief also said that the state of instability in many countries in the region contributed to the rise of terrorist attacks in Egypt during this period. Posted by: trailing wife 2017-02-11 |
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